Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 13, sentence 59
Now when the ways of men And of beasts became so evil, So false, proud and ferocious, Kulóskap as their lord Was angered at their sin, Yet bore it as a god Till all his love was gone; As oil spreads over the sea Till all is thinned away.
Who acts: ways, Was, love, oil, man · What happens: become, anger, bear, be, spread, thin away · To what, where: lord, sin, sea, all
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ways, Was, love, oil), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 became | advmod |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 became | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ways | det |
| 4 | ways | way | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 became | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 men | case |
| 6 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ways | nmod |
| 7 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 beasts | cc |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 beasts | case |
| 9 | beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 men | conj |
| 10 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 evil | advmod |
| 12 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 became | xcomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 false | punct |
| 14 | So | so | ADV | _ | 15 false | advmod |
| 15 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 became | parataxis |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 proud | punct |
| 17 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 false | conj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 ferocious | cc |
| 19 | ferocious | ferocious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 proud | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 Kulóskap | punct |
| 21 | Kulóskap | Kulóskap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 proud | obl |
| 22 | as | as | ADP | _ | 24 lord | case |
| 23 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 lord | nmod:poss |
| 24 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 Kulóskap | nmod |
| 25 | Was | Was | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 angered | nsubj |
| 26 | angered | anger | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 lord | acl |
| 27 | at | at | ADP | _ | 29 sin | case |
| 28 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 sin | nmod:poss |
| 29 | sin | sin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 angered | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 bore | punct |
| 31 | Yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 32 bore | cc |
| 32 | bore | bear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 became | conj |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 bore | obj |
| 34 | as | as | ADP | _ | 36 god | case |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 god | det |
| 36 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 bore | obl |
| 37 | Till | till | SCONJ | _ | 42 gone | mark |
| 38 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 40 love | det:predet |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 love | nmod:poss |
| 40 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 gone | nsubj |
| 41 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 gone | cop |
| 42 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 bore | advcl |
| 43 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 spreads | punct |
| 44 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 46 spreads | mark |
| 45 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 spreads | nsubj |
| 46 | spreads | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 became | conj |
| 47 | over | over | ADP | _ | 49 sea | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 sea | det |
| 49 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 spreads | obl |
| 50 | Till | till | SCONJ | _ | 53 thinned | mark |
| 51 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 53 thinned | nsubj:pass |
| 52 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 53 thinned | aux:pass |
| 53 | thinned | thin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 spreads | advcl |
| 54 | away | away | ADV | _ | 53 thinned | advmod |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 became | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past | the ways of men and beasts | now | evil property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||
| 2 | anger | participle | Was | beasts's lord not said here | beasts's sin | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lord=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | bear | past | the ways of men and beasts not said here | sin | as a god | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 4 | is | past | man's love | gone property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | spread | present | oil | the sea | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over sea=Location | ||||
| 6 | thin away | present · passive | all | away property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 7 | love | man | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Project Gutenberg book 78673 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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